TIMOTHY  DVniG-HT 


SERMON 
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SERMON, 

DELIVERED  IN  BOSTON,  SEPT.  16,  1813, 


BEFOBC  TUS 


AMERICAN  BOARD  OF  COMMISSIONERS 


FOR 


FOREIGN    MISSIONS 


AT  THEIR 


FOURTH  ANNUAL  MEETING, 


BY  TIMOTHY  DWIGHT,  D.  D.  L.  L.  D. 

FBESIDENT    OF  TALE   COLLEGE. 


PUBLISHED    Br  REQ^UESf ^OF   'THE    BOABD. 


BOSTON: 
PRINTED  BY  SAMUEL  T.  ARMSTRONG, 

No.  50,  CORNHILL. 
iS13. 


SERMON, 


JOHN  X,  16. 
AND  OTHER  SHEEP  1  HAVE,  WHICH  ARE  NOT  OF  THIS  FOLD. 
THEM   ALSO  I  MUST   BRING;  AND  THEY  SHALL  HEAR  MY 
VOICE;  AND  THERE  SHALL  BE  ONE  FOLD,  AND  ONE  SHEP- 
HERD. 

In  this  discourse  our  Saviour,  adopting  the  beautiful 
figurative  language  of  the  prophets  on  the  same  sub- 
ject, styles  his  followers  his  sheep;  and  himself,  the 
good  Shepherd.     Perhaps,  no  image  could  have  been 
selected  with  greater  felicity.     It  is  suggested  by  the 
voice  of  nature.    The  object  of  allusion  has  ever  been 
regarded  by  mankind  as  one  of  the  most  striking  ex- 
emplifications, found  in  the  natural  world,  of  inno- 
cence, dependence,  and  amiableness.     How  often  do 
we  hear  the  affectionate  mother,  smiling  over  her  belov- 
ed infant,  utter  all  her  tenderness  and  attachment  in 
language  derived  from  this  source.  How  often  has  the 
poet  selected  this  interesting  subject  as  the  theme,  on 
which  he  meant  to  lavish  in  his  most  melodious  num- 
bers the  utmost  elegance  of  his  conceptions,  and  the 
most  gentle  and  amiable  feelings  of  his  heart.     How 
beautifully  does  the  Prophet  Isaiah  present  to  us  the 
same  flock,  under  the  guidance  of  the  same  Shepherd, 
when  he  says,  "  They  shall  feed  in  the  ways;  and  they 
shall  be  in  all  high  places.     They  shall  not  hunger, 
nor  thirst;  neither  shall  the  heat  nor  sun  smite  them: 
for  he,  that  hath  mercy  on  them  shall  lead  them;  even 
by  the  springs  of  water  shall  he  guide  them.-^     Who, 
that  has  either  piety,  or  taste,  has  not  found  these  emo- 


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tions  kindled  in  a  moment  by  this  exquisite  picture  of 
the  same  unrivalled  hand:  '-'He  shall  feed  his  flock 
like  a  shepherd:  he  shall  gather  the  lambs  with  his 
arm,  and  carry  them  in  his  bosom.^'^  With  what  in- 
imitable tenderness,  and  elegance,  does  David  exclaim, 
"  The  Lord  is  my  shepherd:  I  shall  not  want.  He 
maketh  me  to  lie  down  in  green  pastm^es:  he  leadeth 
me  beside  the  still  waters.''^ 

It  is  hardly  necessary  to  observe,  that  this  allusion, 
so  beautiful,  and  forcible,  in  our  own  view,  must  have 
had  enhanced  strength  and  beauty  to  the  eye  of  a  na- 
tion, extensively  devoted  to  the  pastoral  life;  and,  there- 
fore, realizing  at  once  all  its  fine  scenes,  and  ail  the 
gentle  and  tender  emotions,  to  which  they  gave  biith. 
Equally  obvious  is  it  to  remark,  that  this  discourse  of 
our  Saviour  must  be  considered  as  singularly  happy, 
and  impressive,  if  we  suppose  it  to  have  been  deliver- 
ed near  the  Sheep  gate,  and  in  the  confines  of  Bethes- 
da,  or  the  House  of  mercy. 

In  the  text,  after  having  displayed  in  his  previous 
observations  a  tenderness,  never  exhibited  by  any  oth- 
er inhabitant  of  this  w^orld,  Christ  proceeds  to  inform 
us,  that  he  had  other  sheep,  beside  those,  of  which  he 
had  been  speaking;  that  he  must  bring,  or  collect, 
them;  and  that  the  two  flocks  should  constitute  one, 
be  sheltered  by  one  fold,  and  be  led  by  one  shepherd. 

^' Other  sheep,^^  says  our  Saviour,  "I have.''''  Other 
disciples,  beside  those  of  the  Jewish  nation,  and  the 
present  age,  I  have,  belonging  to  my  family.  They 
exist  among  the  Gentiles  in  this  age;  and  will  exist  in 
every  future  period.  The  Gosj)el  of  the  Kingdom, 
which  is  to  be  preached  in  all  nations,  will  every 
where  find  those,  who  will  cordially  receive,  and  obey, 
its  dictates;  those,  who  in  the  exercise  of  a  living  and 
affectionate  confidence  will  hereafter  sjive  themselves 


up  to  me,  and  become  mine.  They  are  now  mine; 
and  were  given  to  me  from  the  beginnmg.  "Them  I 
must  bring. ^^  To  collect  them  from  every  part  of  the 
world  is  one  of  the  great  duties  of  my  office;  a  part  of 
the  glorious  work,  which  my  Father  gave  me  to  do: 
and  I  shall  not  leave  it  unaccomplished.  ''They  shall 
hear  my  voiceJ^  When  I  call,  they  will  know  and 
acknowledge  me  as  their  Shepherd;  and  cheerfully 
obey  the  summons.  ''There  shall  then  be  onefold:^'' 
a  single  church;  a  single  assembly  of  my  disciples; 
one  in  name;  one  in  their  character,  their  life,  and  their 
destination:  and  I,  the  good,  the  only,  Shepherd  will 
lead  them.  ''They  shall  hunger  no  more,  neither 
thirst  any  more;  neither  shall  the  sun  light  on  them, 
nor  any  heat:  but  I  will  feed  them,  and  lead  them  un- 
to living  fountains  of  waters.'''' 

All  real  Christians,  my  brethren,  belong  to  Christ; 
and  were  chosen  in  him  before  the  foundation  of  the 
world;  that  they  should  be  holy,  and  without  blame, 
before  him  in  love.  In  him  they  have  redemption 
through  his  blood;  the  forgiveness  of  sins;  according 
to  the  riches  of  his  grace.  In  this  world  they  are  often 
hidden  from  each  other;  are  separated  by  difierent 
names,  forms  of  worship,  and  modes  of  discipline;  and 
unhappily  are  in  many  instances,  and  in  greater  or  less 
degrees,  alienated  from  each  other  by  unworthy  and 
disgraceful  contentions.  The  prophet  Elijah,  when  he 
fled  from  Jezebel  to  Horeb,  the  mount  of  Gob,  told  his 
Maker,  that  he,  even  he  only,  was  left  of  the  prophets; 
and  that  they  sought  his  life,  to  take  it  away.  How 
must  he  have  been  astonished,  when  he  heard  that 
glorious  Being  answer,  "I  have  left  me  seven  thousand 
in  Israel,  who  have  not  bowed  the  knee  unto  Baal.'" 
In  a  similar  manner  the  Church  is  exhibited  by  the 
prophet  Isaiah,  as  saying  in  her  heart,  after  the  gencr- 


al  profligacy,  which  precedes  the  dawn  of  the  Millen- 
nium, and  the  sudden  multiplication  of  converts  which 
shall  follow;  ^'Who  hath  begotten  me  these?  seeing  I 
have  lost  my  children,  and  am  desolate;  a  captive, 
and  moving  to  and  fro:  and  ivho  hath  brought  up 
these?  Behold,  I  was  left  alone.  These,  where  had 
theij  been?^^  The  answer  to  this  complaint,  also,  is  in 
the  same  spirit,  as  in  that  to  Elijah,  but  immensely 
more  delightful  and  glorious.  "Behold,^^  saith  the 
Lord  God,  '^I  will  lift  up  my  hand  to  the  Gentiles, 
and  set  up  my  standard  to  the  people;  and  they  shall 
bring  thy  sons  in  their  arms,  and  shall  carry  thy 
daughters  upon  their  shoulders.  And  kings  shall  be 
thy  nursing  fathers,  and  queens  thy  nursing  mothers^ 
All  these,  strangers  as  they  are  to  Zion,  are  still  her 
children:  and,  however  separated  by  distance,  conceal- 
ed by  mutual  ignorance,  or  arrayed  against  each  oth- 
er by  unkind,  uncharitable  thoughts,  are  really,  and 
will  ultimately  appear  to  be,  possessed  of  one  charac- 
ter. They  will  also  constitute  one  visible  church; 
having  one  Lord,  one  faith,  and  one  baptism.  The 
system  of  truth,  revealed  in  the  Gospel,  is  one:  the 
Church  formed  by  it,  is  one:  and  the  scheme  of  wor- 
ship, enjoined  in  it,  is  the  same.  He,  whose  eye  seeth 
not  as  man  seeth,  discerns  this  iiow,  with  absolute 
certainty;  and  distinguishes  every  one  of  his  children 
with  an  intuition,  which  cannot  err,  amid  all  the  va- 
rieties of  name  and  character,  which  they  assume,  and 
the  biasses,  errours,  and  oppositions,  by  which  they  are 
often  concealed  from  each  other.  The  time  will  come, 
when  among  all,  who  have  put  on  the  new  man,  which 
is  renewed  in  knowledge  after  the  image  of  him,  who 
created  him,  there  will  be  neither  Greek  nor  Jew,  cir- 
i.:umcision  nor  uncircumcision,  Barbarian  nor  Scy- 
thian^ bond  nor  free;  but  Christ  will  be  all  and  in  all. 


This  visible  and  glorious  union  of  Christians  will 
not,  indeed,  be  perfectly  accomplished,  until  the  liaro- 
ens  shall  he  no  more.  Then  the  intercessory  prayer 
of  the  Redeemer  will  be  completely  answered  in  the 
exact  eventuation  of  the  great  purpose,  which  I  have 
specified.  ^'Neither  jjray  Tfor  these  alone,  but  for 
them  also,  ^ho  shall  believe  on  me  through  their 
word:  That  they  all  may  be  one;  as  thou,  Fattier,  art 
in  me,  and  I  in  thee,  that  they  also  may  be  one  in  us; 
that  the  world  may  believe,  that  thou  hast  sent  me. 
And  the  glory  which  thou  hast  given  me,  I  have  giv- 
en them;  that  they  may  be  one,  even  as  we  are  one. 

Still,  the  period  is  advancing;  it  is  hastening;  in 
which  Christians  will  be  most  honourably  united  in 
the  present  world.  The  morning  is  even  now  ap- 
proaching towards  the  horizon,  and  at  no  distant  pe- 
riod will  actually  rise  upon  this  dark  world,  when  all 
distinctions  of  party  and  sect,  of  name  and  nation,  of 
civilization  and  savageness,  of  climate  and  colour, 
will  finally  vanish.  The  day  is  approaching,  when 
the  traveller,  who  takes  his  circuit  over  the  globe,  w^ill 
find  Christians  in  every  clime,  inhabiting  every  city, 
and  village,  in  his  course.  Churches  will  every  where 
gladden  his  eye;  and  Hymns  of  praise  vibrate  upon 
his  ear.  From  Zembla  to  Cape  Horn,  from  Califor' 
nia  to  Japan,  the  heralds  of  Salvation  will  repeat  to 
astonished  audiences  with  an  enchanting  voice  the 
story,  brought  from  heaven  to  the  Shepherds  of  Beth- 
lehem: "  Unto  you  is  born  in  the  city  oj  David  a  Sa- 
viour, who  is  Christ,  the  Lord.^^  Throughout  this 
vast  extent,  the  happy  race  of  Adam,  united  in  a  sin- 
gle, solemn  response,  will  exclaim,  "//oto  beautiful  on 
the  mountains  are  the  feet  of  them,  that  bring  good 
tidings;  that  publish  peace;  that  bring  good  tidings 


of  good;  that  publish  salvation;  that  say  unto  Zion, 
''Thy  God  rcigneth'T 

^' Other  sheep,'^  saith  our  Saviour  "-'I  have,  which 
are  not  of  this  fold.^^  The  sheep,  which  Christ  then 
had,  were  Jews;  inhabitants  of  a  single  country,  and 
living  at  that  single  period.  Nay,  they  were  a  little 
flock,  gathered  out  of  these.  His  other  sheep,  as  he  has 
taught  us  in  his  word,  are  a  great  multitude,  which  no 
man  can  number,  of  all  nations,  kindreds,  and 
tongues;  born  in  every  future  period;  gathered  from 
every  distant  land.  "Them  I  must  bring,  and  they 
shall  hear  piy  voice.^^  He  who  took  such  effectual 
care  of  the  little  flock,  which  followed  him  during  his 
ministry,  because  it  was  their  Father^s  good  pleas ' 
lire  to  give  them  the  kingdom,  will  be  easily  believed, 
when  he  informs  us,  that  he  must,  and  will,  bring  into 
his  fold  a  multitude,  by  their  number,  and  character,  of 
such  immeasurable  importance.  For  this  very  end 
he  hath  ascended  far  above  all  heavens,  that  he  might 
fill  all  things.  For  this  very  end  he  is  constituted 
head  over  all  thincrs  unto  his  Church,  This  is  the 
third  great  division  of  his  employment,  as  Mediator. 
The  first  was  to  teach  the  will  of  God  for  our  salvation; 
the  second,  to  expiate  our  sins;  the  tMrd  is  to  gather 
us  into  his  heavenly  kingdom.  It  is  in  this  employ- 
ment, and  in  reference  to  the  great  subject,  which  we 
are  contemplating,  that  he  originally  said,  and  that  he 
is  now  saying,  ''Look  unto  me,  and  be  ye  saved,  all  the 
ends  of  the  earth:  for  lam  God;  and  there  is  none  else, 
I  have  sworn  by  myself;  the  word  has  gone  out  of  my 
mouth  in  righteousness,  and  shall  not  return;  that 
unto  me  every  knee  shall  bow,  and  every  tongue  shall 
swear.  Surely  shall  one  say,  "In  Jehovah  have  1 
righteousness,  and  strength.^^  '''To  him  shall  men 
come;  and  all  that  are  incensed  against  him^  shall  be 


ashamed.  In  Jehovah  shall  all  the  seed  of  Israel  be 
justified,  and  shall  glory. ^^  All  the  ends  of  the  earth 
will  hereafter  actually  look  unto  him,  and  be  saved. 
Eveiy  knee  will  bow  to  him.  Every  tongue  will 
swear;  or,  as  it  is  rendered  by  the  Septuagint,  and  St. 
Paul,  will  confess;  i.  e.  the  reality,  and  glory,  of  his 
character,  and  a  final  devotion  to  his  service.  ''In  Je- 
hovah have  I  r/ghteousness  and  strength,''^  will  re- 
sound wherever  there  is  a  heart  to  feel,  and  a  tongue 
to  speak.  All  these  blessings  he  has  promised,  and 
promised  with  an  oath.  We  need  not  ask  whether 
they  will  be  accomplished. 

To  a  mind,  solemnly  examining  this  subject,  equal- 
ly astonishing  and  delightful,  powerfully  addressing 
itself  to  every  expanded  view  of  the  intellect,  and  irre- 
sistibly engrossing  every  exalted  affection  of  the  heart, 
three  questions  present  themselves,  which  involve 
every  thing,  necessary  for  the  direction  of  our  plans, 
purposes,  and  efforts.  IFhat  things  are  to  be  done,  to 
complete  this  glorious  end?  In  'what  manner  are  they 
to  he  done?  and  By  whom  are  they  to  be  done?  Con- 
cerning each  of  these  particulars  the  following  thoughts 
have  presented  themselves  to  my  own  mind. 

In  answer  to  the  question,  IF  hat  things  are  to  be 
done  for  the  completion  of  this  end?  I  observe, 

I.  The  Views  of  mankind  concerning  religious  sub- 
]ects,  are  to  be  extensively  changed. 

It  will  not  be  questioned,  that  Truth  is  invariably 
an  object  of  the  Divine  complacency;  and  Err  our,  of 
the  Divine  reprobation.  As  God  rejoices  in  his 
works;  so  it  is  impossible,  that  he  should  not  be  pleas- 
ed with  truth;  which  is  only  a  declaration  of  the  state 
of  those  works,  of  his  agency  in  accomplishing  them, 
and  of  his  character,  displayed  in  that  agency.  Errour^ 
which  falsifies   all   these  things,  must,  with  equal  evi- 


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dence,  be  odious  to  him.  As  little  can  it  be  question- 
ed, that  trutli  is  the  instrument,  through  which  we  are 
sandijied,  and  made  free  from  the  bondage  of  corrup- 
tion. Beside  the  passages  of  Scripture,  to  whicli  I 
have  directly  alluded  there  are  others,  too  numerous 
to  be  mentioned  at  the  present  time,  w-hich  are  equal- 
ly express,  and  decisive.  "The  Gospel,^'  says  St.  Fauly 
Hs  the  power  of  GuD  unto  salvation,  to  evert/  one 
that  helitvetlV^  ''Of  his  own  %oill  begat  he  t«5,"  says 
St.  James, ''by  the  IVord  of  truth.^^  -'f'Fhowere  born,"^^ 
says  St.  Peter, ''not  of  corruptible  seed,  but  of  incor- 
ruptible,  by  the  fVord  of  God.^^  Hence,  to  know  the 
Iruth,  to  walk  in  the  truth,  to  beoftht  truth,  to  believe 
in  the  truth,  to  receive  the  love  of  the  truth,  and  to 
abide  in  the  truth,  are  phrases,  synonymous  w^ith  the 
eharacter  of  Christians,  or  good  men;  or,  in  other 
words,  with  Evangelical  virtue:  while  the  contrary 
phraseology  is  adopted  every  where  in  the  Scriptures, 
to  denote,  in  the  same  definite  manner,  the  opposite 
character  of  sin.  Nor  can  it  be  doubted,  that  truth, 
with  respect  to  every  subject,  is  one  thing  only;  like  its 
Author,  the  same  yesterday,  to-day,  and  forever. 

But  the  views,  w^hich  mankind  have  hitherto  en- 
tertained concerning  religious  subjects,  and  those  of 
the  highest  importance,  have  been  endlessly  various 
and  discordant.  Among  the  western  heathen  Philos- 
ophers, Themistius  declares,  there  were  more  than 
two  hundred  sects,  widely  differing  from  each  other 
concerniiig  these  subjects.  Varro  was  acquainted 
with  two  hundred  and  eighty-eight  different  opinions, 
adopted  hy  these  persons  concerning  the  supreme 
Good;  and  with  three  hundred,  concerning  God. 
Many  volumes  ha\  e  been  written,  and  many  more 
might  be  written  without  repetition,  for  the  single 
purpose  of  reciting,  and  explaining,  the  different  ap* 


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prehensions  of  this  class  of  mankind  concerning  things, 
of  high  moment  in  the  religious  system.  Atnong  the 
various  schemes,  adopted  by  these  men,  w  ilii  respect 
to  each  religious  subject,  it  is  mathematically  certain, 
that  one  only  can  be  true.  The  rest>  beyond  debate, 
are  mere  collections  of'errours.  These  errours,  also, 
are  in  many  instances  radical:  and  those,  who  hold 
them,  cannot,  so  long  as  they  hold  them,  be  united  to 
the  flock,  or  gathered  into  the  fold,  of  the  Redeemer. 
Into  this  flock,  into  this  fold,  no  man,  who  is  a  wor- 
shipper of  Jupiter,  Venus,  or  Bacchus,  can  enter. 
It  is  impossible  for  man  to  make  his  way  to  Heaven 
by  the  oblation  of  human  sacrifices;  or  by  religiou 
suicide.  He,  who  prostrates  himself,  before  a  calf,  o 
a  cat,  or  finds  his  god  in  the  stock  of  a  tree,  cannot, 
without  an  entire  revolution  in  his  character,  be  ac- 
cepted by  HuTi,  who  hath  said,  "Confounded  be  all 
ihey  that  'worship  graven  images. ^^  / 

When  Pilate  proposed  to  the  Jewish  rulers  and  na- 
tion  to  release  Christ  to  them;  they  said,  "Not  this 
man  but  Bar  abb  as.'' When  he  said  again, '7r/zrt^to?7Z 
ye  then,  that  1  shall  do  with  him,  whom  ye  call  king  of 
the  Jeit^sT'  they  exclaimed,  "Crucify  him;  crucify 
him:'  When  he  washed  his  hands  before  the  multitude, 
and  said,  "I  am  innocent  of  the  blood  of  this  just  per- 
son;" they  all  answered,  ''His  blood  be  on  us,  and  on  our 
children."  To  this  day,  the  same  spirit  is  retained  by 
their  descendants.  They  are,  still,  more  hostile  to 
Christ  than  to  any  other  person,  and  to  Christianity 
than  to  any  other  religion.  The  very  curse,  which 
their  ancestors  invoked,  appears  still  to  rest  upon 
them:  and  their  hardness  of  heart  is,  according  to 
the  prediction  of  their  great  prophet,  a  bye-word,  and 
an  astonishment,  to  every  nation,  whither  they  have 
bem  driven, 


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The  glorious  person,  who  was  so  furiously  persecut  ^ 
cd  by  this  unhappy  nation,  declared  to  his  persecu- 
tors, ''If  ye  believe  not,  that  I  am  he;  ye  shall  die  in 
your  sins.''^  It  cannot  be  doubted,  that  this  declara- 
tion extends  its  terrible  efficacy,  with  equal  certainty, 
to  every  subsequent  generation.  The  Jetcs,  therefore, 
can  never  be  brought  into  the  fold  of  Christ,  until  they 
renounce  their  unbelief,  and  essentially  change  their 
views  concerning  the  Saviour  of  men, 

The  Koran,  so  far  as  it  is  not  copied  from  the  Jew- 
ish and  Christian  Scriptures,   is  a  mass  of  falsehoods; 
and  its  author  was   by   way    of  eminence  the  false 
prophet;   the  most  successful,  and  the  most  micchiev- 
ous,  impostor,  who  has  ever  attempted  to  pervert  the 
faith  of  mankind.      Whenever  men  are  turned  unto 
fables,  they  turn  away  their  ears  from  the  truth. 
Even  the  sound  doctrines,  which  their  leader  derived 
from  the  Bible,  and  pronounced  to  be   the  word  of 
God,  Mohammedans  appear,  from  the  beginning,  to 
have  universally   disregarded,   and   forgotten;  and  to 
have  confined  their  faith   to  the  miserable  inventions 
of  the  deceiver.     Christ,   acknowledged  by   Moham- 
med to  be  a  prophet  from  God,  they  have  entirely  dis- 
believed.    Ills  doctrines  they  have  rejected  from  their 
creed,  and  his  precepts  from  their  moral  code.     Their 
faith,  hope,  and  obedience,  they  have  restricted  to  the 
instructions,    promises,  and   precepts,   of  the   Koran. 
This,  indeed,  is  far  from  being  strange.     The  iron  and 
the  clay,  although  they  may  seem  to  be  parts  of  the 
same  image,  can  never  be  united.     The   doctrines  of 
Mohammed  are  only  hostile  to  those  of  Christ.     He, 
who  receives  the  one  class,  will,  therefore,  certainly  re- 
ject the  other.       Besides,  a  judicial  sentence  has  gone 
but    against  the    impostor,  and  his  followers.      ''If 
any  man,''  says  St.  John,''shall  add  unto  these  things:, 


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God  shall  add  unto  him  the  plagues,  that  are  urrilcn 
in  this  book:  and,  ff  any  man  si:  all  take  away  >'.n}}i 
the  words  of  the  book  ofthispropheci/,  God  sha^l  inlie 
away  his  part  out  of  the  book  of  life.^^  A  change 
therefore,  a  mighty  change,  must  be  made  in  the 
views  of  the  Mohammedan  world,  before  its  millions 
can  be  numbered  in  tlie  flock  ol  Christ. 

Of  the  Antichrisiian  doctrines  it  cannot  be  neces- 
sary to  make  a  very  particular  mention  at  the  present 
time.  The  idolatry  of  the  Romish  church  is  even 
more  reprehensible  than  that  of  the  heathen;  and  is  in- 
fected with  all  the  pollution,  attributed  in  the  Scriptures 
to  that  of  the  Jews,  The  idols  are,  here,  set  up  in  the 
temple  of  God;  at  the  foot  of  the  mercy  seat;  imme- 
diately before  the  Urim  and  Thummim;  and  in  the 
very  skirts  of  the  Shechinah.  The  idolatry  is  practis- 
ed beneath  the  cross;  and  openly  insults  the  agonies  of 
the  Savior.  The  endless  train  of  external  services  also, 
in  which  the  whole  of  Religion  is  placed;  the  vain  ob- 
lations; the  incense,  that  is  an  abomination;  the  new 
moons,  and  sabbaths;  the  calling  of  assemblies,  which 
God  cannot  away  with;  the  solemn  meeting,  which  is 
iniquity;  the  apjjointed  feasts,  which  his  soul  hafcth, 
and  is  weary  to  bear;  the  absolutions,  and  indulgen- 
cies,  in  which  the  hierarchy  exalts  its  throne  above 
the  stars  of  God,  and  says,  ''I  will  be  like  the  Most 
High;-'  force  upon  us  an  irresistible  conviction,  that 
these  Augean  impurities  must  all  be  washed  away,  be- 
fore the  Romish  world  can  become  clean  in  the  sight 
of  the  Creator. 

Nor  is  it  necessary  to  dwell,  here,  upon  the  vain 
and  deceitful  philosophy  of  Infidels,  which  is  after 
the  traditions  of  men,  and  the  rudiments  oj  this  world; 
qnd  not  after  Christ.  The  Atheist  must  believe,  that 
theic  is  a  God;  the  Sceptic,  that  there  is  truth,  of  infi- 


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nite  importance  to  his  future  well-being;  the  Deist,  that 
there  is  a  Revelation;  the  Materialist,  that  he  has  a 
soul,  accountable  and  immortal;  the  Animalist,  that 
there  is  good,  superiour  to  sensual  enjoyment,  which 
must  be  sought,  and  found,  if  he  is  ever  to  be  happy 
beyond  the  grave;  and  the  Practical  unbeliever,  that 
he  must  not  only  assent,  but  obey  also,  and  obey  with 
the  heart;  before  either  can  be  blessed  in  this  world,  or 
accepted  in  that  which  is  to  come. 

Finally,  the  same  change  of  views  must  be  found  in 
Protestant  nations.  All  the  latitudinarian  doctrines, 
which  the  ingenuity  and  labour  of  man,  which  the  pride 
of  Philosoph}^,  the  love  of  sin,  the  wish  to  perpetrate 
it  with  quiet  and  safety,  and  the  earnest  desire  to  blunt 
the  stings  of  conscience  here,  and  to  escape  from  a  ter- 
rible retribution  hereafter,  have  forced  reason  to  in- 
vent, or  violently  compelled  the  Scriptures  to  declare, 
will  all  vanish  away;  and  with  the  idols  of  the  Heath- 
en, he  cast  to  the  moles,  and  to  the  bats;  before  those, 
w4io  hold  them,  can  be  assembled  in  the  fold  of  the 
Redeemer.  Christ  must  be  acknowledged,  not  only 
as  a  prophet,  but  as  a  Saviour;  not  only  as  our  exam- 
ple, but  as  our  propitiation;  not  only  as  our  forerun- 
ner into  the  heavens,  but  as  our  intercessor,  also,  be- 
fore the  throne  of  God;  not  only  as  come  in  the  flesh, 
but  as  over  all,  God,  blessed  forever.  With  Paul, 
men  must  determine  to  know  nothing,  as  the  way  of 
salvation,  but  Jesus  Christ  and  him  crucified;  and 
Ministers  must  feel  the  tremendous  import  of  the 
anathema,  denounced  against  him,  tvho  jyreaches  any 
other  Gospel,  than  that  which  Paul  preached.  Men 
must  cease  to  create  meanings  for  the  Scriptures;  and 
permit  God  to  speak  for  himself.  Universally,  there 
must  be  throughout  the  world  one  Lord  acknowledg- 
ed, one  Mediator,  and  one  faith. 


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This  change  in  the  doctrines  of  men  is  indispensa- 
ble to  the  gieat  end,  mentioned  above,  because  tlie 
character  will  ultimately  accord  with  the  doctrines, 
which  are  actually  believed,  to  such  a  degree,  that  no 
man  is  better,  and  almost  every  one  worse,  than  the 
doctrines,  which  he  embraces,  declare;  because  truth, 
only,  conducts  the  heart  to  righteousness,  while  errour 
leads  it  only  to  sin;  and  because  truth  is  the  sole  instru- 
ment of  our  sanctjfication. 

2.  A  mighty  change,  also,  must  he  ^wrought  in 
the  Disposition  of  man. 

To  the  accomplishment  of  the  glorious  purpose,  an- 
nounced in  the  ttxt,  tiiat  pride,  which  is  the  self  grati- 
fying consciousness  of  superiority,  and  that  ambition, 
which  is  the  desire  of  it;  b«  th  prime  ingredients  in  the 
Apostasy  of  our  fust  parents;  that  avarice,  which 
substitutes  gold  for  God,  and  is  thus  a  prolific  root  of 
all  kinds  oi  tvil;  and  that  sensuality,  which  is  the 
great  brutalizing  principle  of  our  nature;  must  lose 
their  s.  -t  in  the  heart,  and  cease  to  controul  the  life. 
Equally  necessary  is  it,  that  that  torpid  insensibility  to 
the  sufferings  of  others,  which  winds  its  web  around 
the  soul,  and  prevei  its  it  from  seeing,  or  feeling,  any 
thing,  which  is  not  destined  to  be  its  prey;  and  that 
cruelty,  which  emulates  the  wolf  and  the  tiger,  and  sa- 
tiates itself  only  on  suffering  and  slaughter;  should  re- 
turn to  those  regions  ot  eternal  sin,  from  which  they 
sprang.  Nor  is  it  less  necessary,  that  the  love  of  in- 
justice, fraud,  and  falsehood,  in  which  all  these  malig- 
nant passions,  these  unclean  spirits,  find  the  means  of 
their  efficacious  operation,  should,  together  with  them, 
go  Gilt  of  the  man;  and  no  more  find  his  heart  empty, 
S'wept,  and  garnished,  for  their  reception.  Nor  is  it 
less  indispensable,  that  impiety,  and  ingratitude  to 
God,  and  distrust  of  his  wisdom,  goodness,  and  truth. 


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should  cease  to  form  any  part  of  the  human  charah 
ter,  and  no  longer  interrupt  the  communication  be- 
tvveen  earth  and  heaven. 

To  these  attributes  will  succeed,  whenever  mankind 
shall  be  brought  into  the  fold  of  Christ,  that  Love  to 
God,  and  to  man,  which  is  the  fuljilling  of  the  Iww^ 
that  Repentance  towards  God,  and  that  faith  in  the 
Redeemer,  which  are  the  primary  obedience  of  the 
Gospel.  In  the  train  of  these  great  Evangelical  attri- 
butes will  follow  the  meek  and  lowly  virtues  of  Chris- 
tianity, which  so  extensively  occupied  the  instructions, 
and  so  beautifully  adorned  the  life,  of  the  Saviour: 
Love,  joy,  peace,  long-suffering,  gentleness,  goodness, 
faithfulness,  meekness,  and  temperance:  all,  glorious 
fruits  of  the  Spirit  of  Grace;  natives  of  Heaven;  and, 
although  for  a  time  pilgrims  in  this  melancholy  world, 
destined  to  return  to  heaven  again. 

3.  The  change  xvill  not  be  less  in  the  Conduct 
of  men. 

On  this  copious  topic  I  must  necessarily  be  brief. 
To  discuss  it  extensively  would  be  to  draw  a  picture 
of  the  world,  and  to  delineate  the  character  of  man  in 
all  its  endless  varieties.  Still,  the  nature  of  my  design 
demands,  that  a  few  particulars  should  be  mentioned. 

Permit  me,  then,  to  observe,  that  the  private  con- 
duct of  men  will  experience  a  mighty  and  wonderful 
revolution.  Profaneness  will  no  longer  pollute  the 
tongue;  nor  pierce  with  anguish  the  ear  of  piety.  The 
sabbath  will  be  kept  holy  unto  God;  and  beautifully 
resemble  that  first  Sabbath,  when  the  Creator  rested 
from-  his  glorious  liork,  and  all  the  sons  of  God 
shouted  for  joy.  No  longer  will  the  'watjs  of  Zion 
mourn,  because  few  come  to  her  solemn  feasts.  Stran- 
gers innumerable  will  be  made  joyful  in  the  house  of 
prayer;  and  that  house  will  to  endless  multitudes  be- 


i^ome,  literally,  the  gale  of  Heaven,  From  the  closet 
also,  and  the  family  altar,  i?ice?i,vt%  and  a  pure  ojf'ering, 
will  rise  every  moinini;'  and  every  evening;  and  min- 
gle in  one  vast  exhalation,  ascending  to  the  throne  ot* 
God. 

Truth,  at  the  same  time,  will  resume  her  empire 
over  the  tongue,  the  pen,  and  the  press.  Slander  will 
wound  no  man's  good  name;  Sophistry  cheat  no  man 
out  of  his  salvation;  Falsehood  abuse  no  man's  faith; 
and  Perjury  destroy  no  man's  property,  reputation, 
or  life. 

Honesty,  also,  will  controul  the  dealings  of  men. 
The  cheat  will  be  lost  out  of  human  society;  the  name 
of  fraud  be  forgotten;  and  a  hard  bargain  be  boasted 
of  no  more. 

In  the  same  manner  will  unkindness  vanish  from 
the  habitations  of  mankind.  The  fire  side  will  show 
how  good,  and  hoxv  pleasant,  it  is  for  brethren  to  dwell 
iogettier  in  unity:  and  the  neighbourhood  will  be  only 
one  great  fireside.  Parents  will  love  their  children. 
Children  will  honour  their  parents.  No  profligate  fath- 
er, no  graceless  son,  no  ruined  daughter,  will  spread 
lamentation,  mourning,  and  woe,  over  the  domestic 
circle,  destined  by  God  to  be  happy.  No  litigation, 
no  quarrel,  will  destroy  the  peace  of  neighbourhoods; 
and  no  duel  hurry  the  impenitent  wretch  to  a  fearful 
retribution. 

The  stranger  will  every  where  find  a  home;  and 
the  wanderer,  an  asylum.  The  heart  of  charity  will 
no  longer  be  icy;  nor  her  hand  shut:  nor  will  the  cry 
of  suffering  ever  plead  in  vain. 

Uncharitableness,  also,  between  those,  who  profess 

the  religion  of  the  Redeemer,  will  be  found  no  more. 

Little  things  will  be  esteemed  little;   and  only  great 

things,  great.     Names  will  lose  their  fascination;  rcali- 

3 


IB 

ties  will  take  their  place;  and  ail,  who  love  Christ,  will 
love  each  other.  In  a  word,  men  will  be  willing  to 
walk  to  heaven  together,  although  the  colour,  or  the 
fashion,  of  their  clothes  should  differ. 

Nor  will  the  Public  conduct  of  mankind  be  less  ex- 
tensively inverted.  The  monarch  will  cease  to  op- 
press, the  statesman  to  plunder;  and  the  politician  to 
sell  his  soul,  to  buy  a  place,  or  support  a  party. 
Throughout  the  haunts  of  man  there  will  not  be  an 
electioneering  trick,  a  cabal,  or  a  demagogue.  No 
candidate  for  office  will  proclaim  his  merits  to  the 
public;  slander  a  rival;  or  solicit  a  suffrage.  Wisdom 
and  worth  will  then  engross  every  man's  vote;  and 
take,  as  they  ought,  quiet  possession  of  the  hall  of 
Legislation,  and  the  chair  of  Magistracy. 

On  the  Bench  will  then  be  seen  those,  and  those 
only,  who  shake  their  hands  from  holding  bribes; 
stop  their  ears  from  hearing  evil;  and  close  their  eyes 
from  seeing  blood.  At  the  bar  of  justice,  prisoners 
will  cease  to  be  found:  the  deserted  jail  will  crumble 
into  dust:  and  the  gibbet  will  be  known  only  in  the 
tales  of  other  times. 

JFars,  also,  will  be  no  more.  The  monarch,  and 
the  Republic,  will  no  longer  summon  their  wretched 
subjects  to  the  field  of  battle;  the  great  slaughterhouse 
of  mankind;  for  the  purpose  of  adding  to  their  domin- 
ions tracts,  which  they  do  not  want  and  cannot  gov- 
ern; of  sating  their  cannibal  revenge  on  the  flesh  of 
man;  of  spangling  a  crown  with  another  gem,  or 
twisting  into  a  wreath  of  laurel  another  twig;  of  being 
able  to  say,  ''I  have  vanquished  one  more  enemy;" 
and  of  adding  another  cubit  to  the  stature  of  pride. 
The  sound  of  the  trumpet  will  no  more  startle  the  sleep 
of  the  cradle;  and  the  village  will  rise  no  more  in  flames 
to  heaven:  the  name  of  glory  will  be  no  longer  writ- 
ten in  blood;  nor  the  earth  fattened  with  the  corpses 


iiov  whitened  with  the  bones,  of  men.  Tiic  AngeU 
Peace,  will  wave  her  olive  branch  over  the  nations 
the  tempest  of  six  thousand  years  be  hushed  to  silence; 
and  the  creation  sigh,  and  groan,  and  travail  in  pain^ 
no  more. 

Then  Religion  will  resume  her  proper  station;  and 
no  longer  be  subordinated  to  pleasure,  gain,  and  glory; 
to  frantic  scrambles  about  place  and  power,  and  the 
aggrandizement  of  wretches,  who  steal  into  office  by 
flattery  and  falsehood,  in  order  to  riot  on  peculation. 
From  Heaven  will  she  descend,  clothed  zciih  a  cloudy 
and  a  rainbow  upon  her  head:  her  face,  as  it  tcere, 
the  sun;  and  her  feet,  pillars  of  fire.  In  her  hand 
she  will  hold  a  little  book:  and  that  book  will  be 
opened  to  the  eyes  of  all  the  nations  of  men.  On  its 
pages  they  will  read,  in  lines  of  light,  ''Now  is  come  sal- 
vation, and  strength,  and  the  kingdom  of  our  God, 
and  the  power  of  his  Christ.  God  himself  will  dwell 
among  the  great  family  of  Adam,  and  be  their  God; 
and  they  shall  be  his  people.  The  joy,  which  is  kin- 
dled in  heaven  over  repenting  sinners,  will  be  renewed, 
not  over  one  solitary  convert,  but  over  nations,  born 
in  a  day.  The  path  to  Heaven  will  become  the  great 
highway  of  mankind;  not  wandered  over  by  now  and 
then  a  lonely  traveller,  but  crowded  with  hosts: 
while  the  broad  road  to  perdition  will  be  untrodden 
and  desolate.  The  skies  will  pour  down  righteous- 
iiess;  and  the  earth  open,  and  bring  forth  salvation. 
Above,  all  will  be  sunshine,  and  smiles:  below,  all 
will  be  a  paradise.  The  Church  will  be  clothed  with 
the  sun;  the  moon  will  be  under  her  feet;  and  upon 
her  head  a  crown  of  twelve  stains  will  beam  with  im- 
mortal splendour. 

To  the   second  question;   "In   what  manner   are 
these  things  to  be  done?"  I  answer.  They   an^   to  hr 


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aecomplished,  not  by  miracles,  but  b}'  means.  SL 
Paul  has  in  the  most  express  and  decisive  terms  giv- 
en us  the  law  of  procedure,  by  which  the  kingdom  ot 
God  is  to  be  etitablished  in  every  part  of  the  habit- 
able world.  ''//oa%"  says  that  Apostle,  ''shall  they 
call  on  hhn,  hi  tchom  they  have  not  believed?  and 
hoto  shall  they  believe  in  him,  of 'whom  they  have  not 
heard?  and  how  shall  they  hear  without  a  preacher? 
So,  then,  faith  cometh  by  hearing;  and  hemnng,  by 
the  JVord  o/*God,"  The  Gospel,  my  brethren,  is  the 
power  of  God  unto  salvation,  to  all  them  that  believe. 
Our  course,  therefore,  is  pointed  out  by  the  linger  of 
Heaven.  To  the  numerous  votaries  of  idolatry,  and 
supersHtion,  are  to  be  sent  the  Word  of  God,  and  the 
Ministers,  by  whom  it  is  preached.  To  these  are  to 
be  added,  also,  other  books,  less  expensive  and  more 
numerous,  into  which  the  Word  of  God  is  transfused; 
together  with  Schoolmasters,  and  Catechists,  to  teach 
the  children,  while  Ministers  are  instructing  the  Par- 
ents, in  a  word,  the  very  means,  by  which  men  have 
become  Christians  here,  are  to  spread  Christianity 
through  the  world. 

Permit  me  to  add,  that  those,  by  whom  these  migh- 
ty things  are  to  be  done,  are  themselves  to  exhibit  the 
spirit  of  the  Gospel,  as  the  great,  controuling  principle 
of  their  conduct.  Common  sense  has  proverbially 
declared,  and  all  experience  unilbrmly  proved,  that 
precept  without  example  is  vain.  To  the  intended 
objects  of  this  beneficence  it  would  be  worse  than  in 
vain.  From  men,  who  do  not  practise  what  they 
teach,  instructions  would  be  received,  as  the  Mexicans 
received  them  from  the  Spaniards,  only  with  con- 
tempt and  indignation. 

The  process  of  this  mighty  work  is,  in  this  respect 
also,  exactly  marked  out  by  St.   Paid,     Salvation 


n 

has  come  zinto  the  Gentiles,  to  provoke  the  Jens  to 
jealousy;  or,  as  in  the  (Mveck.  to  excite  them  to  emula- 
tion. In  other  words,  the  Evzmgelical  spirit  ol  the 
Gentiles,  as  it  will  exist,  and  exhibit  itself,  at  a  period, 
whieh  is  still  future,  will  eonvince  the  Jeivs,  that  the 
Gentiles  are  the  chosen  people  of  God;  and  au  akcn 
in  them  an  emulous  desire  to  obtain  the  same  char- 
acter, and  the  same  blessings.  This  spirit,  turning 
with  abhorrence  from  all  the  hatred,  scorn,  and  perse- 
cution, with  which  the  Jexvs  have  been  hunted 
down  by  the  nations  of  Christendom,  will  hcreafler 
treat  them  kindly,  justly,  and  truly.  In  their  exile,  it 
will  make  their  residence  peaceful  and  pleasant;  and, 
in  their  attempts  to  reestablish  themselves  in  their 
own  land,  will  furnish  them  every  aid,  which  piety 
can  prompt,  or  benevolence  provide.  Under  this  hap- 
py influence,  enlightening,  warming,  and  quickening, 
like  the  Sun,  the  Jews  will  feel  a  new  conviction  of 
the  excellence  of  Christianity,  and  of  the  favor, 
with  which  it  is  regarded  by  God;  and  new  desires  to 
possess  the  honourable  character  of  their  benefactors. 
The  valley  of  death,  the  great  receptacle  of  ^/?/'  House 
of  Israel,  will  then  begin  to  be  reanimated  with  life 
from  Heaven.  The  bones,  with  which  it  is  covered, 
and  whitened,  will  'tcith  a  noise,  and  a  shaking,  come 
together,  bone  to  his  bone.  Sinetcs  and  Jlesh  ncill 
come  up  upon  them:  and  the  skin  uill  cover  them 
above.  A  voice  will  sound  from  Heaven;  ''Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God,  ''Come  from  the  four  ivinds,  0 
Breath;  and  breathe  upon  these  slain  that  they  may 
fee."  "  At  this  command,  the  breath  of  life  will  enter 
these  innumerable  corpses;  and  they  uHl  live,  and 
stand  upon  their  feet,  an  exceeding  great  army  for 
mnltiliide. 


The  casting  away  of  the  Jews  is  the  reconeiling 
of  the  world:  the  receiving  of  them  will  6e,  to  that 
same  world,  life  from  the  dead.  When  the  voice  of 
joy  and  gladness  shall  again  be  heard  in  the  streets 
of  Jerusalem;  the  voice  of  the  bridegroom,  and  the 
voice  of  the  bride;  the  voice  of  them  that  shall  say, 
'- Praise  the  Lord  of  hosts,  for  the  Lord  is  good,  and 
his  mercy  endureth  for  erer:"  the  world  will  look  on, 
and  listen,  with  astonishment  and  rapture.  This  stu- 
pendous event,  this  wonder  of  wonders,  will  awaken 
in  all  nations  a  full  conviction  of  the  reality,  and  ex- 
cellence, of  Christianity;  and  force  them  to  acknowl- 
edge, that  the  truth  of  God,  is  as  the  great  mountains, 
steadfast  and  immovable.  Life  will  every  where 
spring  up  from  the  dead:  and  the  world,  a  vast  ceme- 
tery, in  which  souls  are  entombed,  will  be  peopled  with 
beings,  spiritual  and  immortal. 

It  is  hardly  necessary  to  observe,  that  the  measures, 
which  will  produce  these  mighty  effects  upon  the 
Jews,  will  have  a  similar  efficacy,  wherever  they  arc 
employed. 

The  third  question;  '*By  whom  are  these  things  to 
be  done?"  admits  but  of  one  answer.  They  are  to  be 
done  by  Protestant  nations;  and,  extensively,  by  Us. 
In  other  words,  they  are  to  be  done  by  those,  to 
whom  God  has  given  the  means,  and  the  disposition. 

On  this  subject  there  can  be  no  debate.  The  time 
for  doubt  is  past.  The  work  is  begun.  Missionaries 
already  in  great  numbers  run  to  and  fro:  and  knowl- 
edge is,  even  now,  greatly  increased.  The  Gospel  of 
the  kingdom  is  already  preached  in  Greenland;  in 
Labrador;  in  Tartary;  in  Hindostan;  in  China;  in 
New  Holland;  in  the  Isles  of  the  Pacific  Ocean,  and 
the  Carribbean  Sea;  in  Southern  America;  and  in  the 
African  deserts.     The  voice  of  salvation^  the  song  of 


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praise  io  Jehovah,  echoes  already  from  the  sides  ot 
Taurus,  and  trembles  over  the  waves  of  the  Gan<:;cs. 
The  Bible  has  travelled  round  the  Globe.  The  Ks 
quimaux  now  turns  over  the  pages  of  the  Gospel, 
written  in  his  own  tongue:  the  wild  inhabitant  of  the 
Cuban  has  dropped  the  Koran;  and  reads  with  won- 
der, hope,  and  joy,  the  tidings  of  the  Saviour:  and  the 
poor  wanderer  of  Caffraria  listens  to  the  hymn,  sung 
from  heaven  to  the  Shepherds  of  Bethlehem.  From 
land  to  land,  and  from  sea  to  sea,  the  Word  of  Jeho- 
vah runs,  and  is  glorified;  and  throughout  its  divine 
career  sheds,  like  its  Author,  light,  and  life,  and  happi- 
nesS;  on  this  benighted  world. 

In  such  an  enterprise  all,  who  engage  in  if,  must 
be  united.  Consider  how  vast  the  work  is;  over  what 
an  extent  of  the  earth  it  is  to  spread;  what  countless 
millions  it  is  to  reach;  what  a  multitude  of  hands  must 
be  employed;  what  a  multitude  of  hearts;  what  a  mul- 
titude of  prayers;  what  extensive  contributions  arc 
necessary  to  supply  the  expense;  and  how  many  her- 
alds of  salvation  must  proclaim  the  glad  tidings  oj 
great  joy.  In  such  a  work,  should  all  Protestant 
nations  unite;  and  all  the  individuals,  which  those  na- 
tions contain;  how  imperfectly  sufficient  would  their 
labours  appear,  to  the  human  eye,  for  the  successful  ac- 
complishment of  an  enterprise  so  vast,  a  consumma- 
tion so  divine? 

If  Christians  do  not  unite  their  hearts,  and  their 
hands,  they  will  effectuate  nothing.  Solitary  eftbrts 
will,  here,  be  fruitless.  Divided  efforts  will  be  equally 
fruitless.     Clashing  efforts  will  destroy  each  other. 

It  is  a  shame  for  those,  who  wear  the  name  of 
Christians,  not  to  unite  with  other  Christians  in  such  a 
purpose,  as  this.  It  isnot  the  purpose  of  a  sect,  a  party, 
or  a  name.  It  is  not  a  purpose  of  superstition,  bigotry. 


cr  enthusiasm.  It  is  a  purpose  of  God;  ^n  object  ot 
the  highest  complacency  to  Infinite  wisdom.  Shalt 
not  those,  who  have  been  made  to  drink  into  one  Spirit, 
show  themselves,  while  professing  to  aim  at  such  an 
object^  to  be  of  one  accord,  and  one  mind?  Shall  not 
forms,  and  modes,  here  be  forgotten;  and,  so  far  as  the 
attainment  of  this  mighty  end  is  concerned,  all  names 
be  lost  in  that  of  Christian,  and  all  diversities  amalga- 
mated  by  the  piety  and  benevolence  of  the  Gospel? 
Shall  not  those,  who  profess  to  be  Christians,  prove  by 
their  harmony  in  this  divine  undertaking,  that  they 
are,  indeed,  the  flock  of  Christ;  that  they  belong  to 
onefold;  and  that  they  are  led  by  one  Shepherd? 

To  enlist  your  hearts,  and  hands,  my  brethren,  to 
engage  your  prayers,  and  labours,  in  this  honorable  en- 
terprise, let  me  set  before  you  the  following  motives. 

1.  The  worhy  to  'which  you  are  siiramonedj  is  the 
Work  of  God. 

My  brethren,  it  is  the  chief  work  of  God,  which  has 
been  announced  to  mankind.  It  is  the  end  of  this 
earthly  creation.  It  is  the  end  of  this  earthly  Provi- 
dence. It  is  the  glorious  end  of  Redemption.  It  is 
the  subject  of  the  first  prophecy,  ever  delivered  to 
man.  It  was  repeated  in  the  second.  It  was  reiterat- 
ed in  the  long  train,  which  followed,  in  a  thousand 
varieties  of  sublimity  and  rapture.  The  eye  of  the 
seer,  extending  a  divinely  enlightened  vision  down  the 
vale  of  futurity,  beheld,  at  an  immense  distance,  this 
glorious  object,  dimly  ascending  above  the  horizon. 
Remote  as  it  was;  and  obscurely  as  it  was  seen;  it 
warmed  his  mind  with  wonder  and  transport.  The 
prophet  Isaiah,  sublime  beyond  any  other  writer,  ac- 
customed to  thoughts,  fresh  from  heaven,  and  speak- 
ing with  a  tongue,  which  emulates  that  of  Angels, 
rises,  whenever  this  subject  is  presented  to  his  view, 


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^bove  himself;  and  lifts  his  wing  ^ov  a  loftier  flight  to- 
wards the  angelic  world.  And  shall  not  we,  to  whom 
this  dispensation  is  nigh,  even  at  the  doors,  catch  a 
portion  of  his  fire,  and  glow  with  a  share  of  his  ecsta- 
sy? We  profess  to  love  God.  Shall  we  not  unite 
w^ith  all  the  heart,  to  further  the  divine  puiposc,  for 
which  he  made  the  earth  and  the  heavens?  We  pro- 
fess, that  we  have  believed  in  Christ.  Shall  we  not 
advance  w^ith  our  utmost  powers  the  exalted  end  of 
his  labours,  and  sufferings?  Here,  //e,  for  tvhom  cpi^e 
all  things,  and  by  whom  are  all  things,  is  bringing 
many  sons  unto  glory.  Here  the  Redeemer  is  multi- 
plying the  trophies  of  his  cross,  and  the  many  crowns 
of  his  final  triumph.  This  is  the  great  harvest  of  the 
world.  He  is  now  about  to  send  his  amrels,  to  oath- 
er  his  elect  from  the  four  tdnds.  Who  would  not 
unite  himself  with  such  labourers  in  such  an  employ- 
ment? 

2.  The  present  is  the  proper  time  for  this  glori- 
ous undertaking. 

It  is  the  proper  time,  as  it  is  marked  out  by  the 
Spirit  of  prophecy.  Almost  all  judicious  commenta- 
tors have  agreed,  that  the  Millennium,  in  the  full  and 
perfect  sense,  will  begin  at  a  period,  not  far  from  the 
year  2000.  Christ,  referring  mediately  at  least,  to  this 
great  event,  says, '' Behold  I  come  as  a  thicj/^j.  e.  sud- 
denly; and  sooner  than  the  world  will  expect.  By  this 
declaration  we  are  taught,  that  the  duration  of  the 
two  last  vials  will  be  comparatively  short;  and  that 
the  dawn  of  the  succeeding  day  will  be  earlier  than 
mankind  have  been  accustomed  to  believe.  But, 
should  we  fasten  upon  the  year  2000,  as  the  period  in 
which  there  shall  be  a  complete  accomplishment  of 
the  predictions  concerning  this  wonderful  event,  how 
evidently  is  it  necessary,  that  all  the  measures,  bv 
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which  it  is  to  be  accomplished,  should  be  now  formed, 
and  immediately  begin  to  operate.  Should  we,  should 
all  Protestant  nations,  awake  out  of  our  long  sleep; 
and  shake  ourselves  as  mighty  men;  should  we  bring 
every  heart,  and  hand,  to  this  vast  work;  should  we 
pursue  it  with  a  firmness,  which  nothing  can  daunt, 
and  an  ardour,  which  nothing  can  extinguish;  how 
uninterrupted,  how  rapid,  how  successful,  must  be 
our  progress,  in  order  to  find  its  consummation  at 
the  date  assigned?  Think  of  the  changes,  which 
have  been  mentioned  in  this  discourse:  how  numer- 
ous; how  vast;  how  wonderful;  how  evidently  indis- 
pensable. Think  what  it  must  be  for  so  many  mil- 
Jions  of  the  human  race  to  yield  up  their  false  systems 
of  Religion:  systems,  gross  and  rank  with  corruption; 
hoary  with  the  age  of  many  centuries;  bound  to  the 
soul  with  the  chains  of  bigotry;  and  armed  for  their 
defence  with  the  sword,  the  rack,  and  the  faggot. 
Think  what  it  must  be  for  pride  to  bow;  for  the  iron 
heart  of  avarice  to  dissolve;  for  ambition  to  feed  no 
more  upon  blood;  and  for  sensuality  to  wallow  no 
longer  in  corruption.  Think  what  it  must  be  for  pri- 
vate and  public  crimes  to  be  no  more,  for  falsehood 
and  fraud,  injustice  and  cruelty,  to  fly  from  the 
thrones  of  princes,  and  the  habitations  of  men.  How 
amazing  must  be  the  change,  when  the  Romish  cathe- 
dral, the  mosque,  and  the  pagoda,  shall  not  have  one 
stone  left  upon  another,  which  shall  not  be  thrown 
down:  when  the  Popish,  Mohammedan,  Hindoo,  and 
tJhinesian,  worlds  shall  be  created  anew;  and  the 
voice  of  angels  exclaim  concerning  each,  Jehovah 
bless  thee,  0  habitation  oj  justice,  0  mountain  of  holi- 
ness: when  a  pestilential  Simoom  shall  no  longer  waft 
decay,  and  death  over  the  moral  wilds  of  Africa; 
and  the  soul  throughout  that  vast  continent  be  illumin- 


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ed  by  the  beams  of  the  Sun  of  Righteousness,  and 
quickened  with  life  from  Heaven:  when  Europe  shall 
no  longer  convert  her  wide  domains  into  a  stall  of 
slaughter;  nor  offer  herself  as  a  voluntary  holocaust 
upon  the  alrar  of  Moloch:  and  when  the  human 
wolves,  which  have  so  long  prowled  around  the 
American  deserts,  shall  assume  the  innocence,  and 
meekness,  of  the  lamb.  What  a  transmutation  must 
man  have  undergone,  when  there  shall  not  be  a  tyrant 
nor  a  slave,  not  a  jail  nor  a  gibbet,  not  a  dram-shop 
nor  a  brothel,  not  a  lie  nor  a  theft,  from  the  j'ising  of 
the  sun  to  the  going  down  of  the  same.  How  aston- 
ished must  the  earth  be,  how  delighted  the  heavens, 
to  behold  the  Sabbath  dawn  with  serenity  and  [)cace 
upon  Japan;  and,  moving  slowly,  and  solemnly, 
round  tnis  great  world,  shed  its  evening  lustre  upon 
California;  and  see  the  earth  one  vast  altar,  and  the 
sky  one  magnificent  temple,  of  Jehovah;  perfumed 
with  incense,  offered  up  by  the  immense  congregation 
of  man?  Who  does  not  discern,  that  the  centuries, 
which  will  expire  before  the  specified  date,  will  be  a 
stinted  period  for  the  accomplishment  of  such  a  work 
as  this?  Who  will  not  rejoice,  and  take  courage^  when 
he  hears  it  proclaimed  from  heaven  concerning  this 
very  work,  ''I,  Jehovah,  tcji*//  hasten  it  in  its  timeJ^ 

The  present  is  the  proper  time,  also,  because  this 
work  is  actually  begun;  and  begun  upon  an  astonish- 
ing scale.  How  w^onderful  is  it,  that  so  many  per- 
sons should  have  united  in  it;  that  such  persons  should 
have  united  in  it;  that  they  should  have  acted  with  so 
much  Christian  Catholicism;  that  so  many  prejudices, 
which  have  hitherto  been  moles,  and  spots,  on  the  di- 
vine aspect  of  Religion,  should  have  disappeared;  that 
contributions  should  have  been  so  extensively,  so  liber- 
ally, so  ardently,  made;   that  prayers  should  have 


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mingled  in  one  strain  of  supplication  from  a  thousand 
lands;  that  th.e  Bible  should  have  traversed  the  globe 
with  the  flight  of  an  Eagle;  and  that  Missionaries 
should  already  have  proclaimed  the  tidings  of  eternal 
life  to  the  four  corners  of  the  earth?  The  streamlet  has 
already  become  a  river:  the  river  will  soon  expand 
into  an  ocean.  Should  these  efforts  cease;  should  this 
spirit  expire:  how  many  generations  of  men  may 
pass,  before  the  same  mighty  advantages  will  return; 
before  even  the  attempt  may  be  renewed? 

There  is  a  crisis  in  all  human  affairs.  If  seized,  it 
almost  ensures  success:  if  lost,  every  thing  is  lost  with 
it.  Sow  in  season;  and  you  will  reap  a  rich  harvest. 
Sow  out  of  season;  and  you  will  reap  nothing.  For 
the  great  purpose  before  us  the  present  time  is  that 
crisis.  Look  at  these  men.  God  summoned  them 
together.  Look  at  their  efforts.  God  inspired  them. 
Look  at  their  success.  The  blessing  which  created  it, 
descended  from  God.  The  voice  of  his  Providence, 
po-werful  and  full  of  Majesty,  calls  to  us,  "  Go  for- 
'ward,^^ 

Regard  no  difficulty,  which  has  hindered,  and  no 
disappointment,  which  has  perplexed,  this  Evangelical 
enterprise.  Difficulties  are  merely  trials  of  our  faith, 
and  love.  They  exist,  only  to  be  surmounted.  What 
would  have  become  of  the  children  oi  Israel,  had  they 
stopped  between  Pi-hahiroth,  and  Baal-zephon? 

3.  The  necessity  of  this  work  irresistibly  demands 
every  practicable  effort. 

''The  whole  world,^^  says  SL  John,  speaking  of  his 
own  time,  ''lleth  in  wickedness:  lieth,  (for  such  is  the 
indication  of  the  original,)  as  a  man  slain  lies  welter- 
ing in  his  blood.  How  extensively  is  this  strong  picture 
a  portrait  of  the  world  at  the  present  moment?  Cast 
your  eyes  abroad  oyer  this  great   globe;  and  mark 


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how  vast  a  portion  of  its  surface  is,  in  the  moral  sense, 
an  immense  field  of  death;  a  place  of  graves;  a  cata- 
comb, where  souls  are  buried,  to  wake  no  more.  Look 
narrowly.  Not  a  limb  mDves;  not  a  bosom  heaves. 
Listen.  Not  a  sound  trembles  on  the  ear.  Life  has 
vanished:  and  solitude,  and  silence,  brood  over  this  re- 
ceptacle of  departed  men.  Who  would  not  obey  the 
voice,  which  commands,  ''Take  ye  a'xay  the  stone 
jrom  this  cave;^^  while  the  Son  of  God  stands  before 
the  entrance,  ready  to  call  to  each  of  its  slumbering  in- 
habitants, ''Lazarus,  come  forthT^ 

The  gate,  which  in  Asia,  and  Africa,  was  once 
opened  wide  at  the  head  of  the  way  to  eternal  life,  has 
long  since  been  barred;  the  path  to  Heaven  forgotten; 
and  the  communication  with  that  happy  world  finally 
cut  off.  Ignorance  has  benighted,  sin  bewildered,  and 
misery  broken  down,  their  wretched  inhabitants. 
Not  an  effort  are  they  either  disposed,  or  able,  to  make 
for  themselves.  Shall  we,  when  we  behold  them 
wounded,  and  helpless,  jpass  by,  with  the  frozen  heart-, 
ed  priest  and  Levite,  on  the  other  side?  Shall  we  not 
infinitely  rather,  with  the  good  Samaritan,  pour  oil 
and  wine  into  their  wounds;  and  provide  effectually 
for  their  restoration  to  life  and  he.ilth? 

Convey  yourselves  in  thought,  my  brethren,  to  the 
regions  of  Hindosian,  Behold  there  20,000  wretch- 
ed females  annually  offered  up,  as  burnt-offerings,  on 
the  funeral  piles  of  their  deceased  husbands;  and  thrice 
20,000  orphans,  in  this  manner  bereaved,  each  of  its 
surviving  parent,  thrown  upon  the  world  without  a 
friend  to  protect,  a  hand  to  feed,  or  an  eye  to  weep 
over  them.  Advance  to  the  wild  and  desolate  do- 
main of  Juggernaut.  See  a  region,  more  than  one 
hundred  miles  in  diameter,  white  with  the  bones  of 
men,  who  have'perished  in  tlieir  devotion  to  this  orien 


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tal  Moloch,  Mark  the  companies  of  dogs,  jackals, 
and  vultures,  fattening  themselves,  throughout  this 
wilderness  of  death,  upon  the  flesh  of  men.  See  the 
wretched  victims  crushed  beneath  the  chariot  wheels 
of  this  gigantic  idol,  rolling  over  a  path,  paved  with 
corpses.  Enter  the  caverns  of  Goa;  where  a  living 
Moloch  sits  on  the  tribunal  of  the  Inquisition.  Hear 
the  chains  clank;  the  groans  murmur;  and  the  shrieks 
burst  the  bosoms  of  the  wretched  prisoners,  confin- 
ed in  this  outer  chamber  of  hell.  Follow  the  bare- 
footed victims,  in  their  funeral  habits,  to  the  stakes,  to 
which  they  are  bound,  and  the  flames,  by  which  they 
are  consumed  to  ashes. 

To  rescue  man,  poor,  suffering,  persecuted  man, 
from  these  tremendous  evils  is  one  bright  and  glorious 
purpose  of  the  work  before  you.  The  hearts,  which 
will  not  feel  these  objects;  the  hands,  which  will  not 
labor  to  sweep  them  from  the  earth;  are  the  hearts  and 
hands  of  fiends.  I  will  not  insult  my  country  with  a 
suggestion,  that  such  can  be  found  here. 

But  we  are  not  to  be  confined  in  our  researches  to 
Hindostan,  to  Asia,  or  to  the  Eastern  Continent.  We 
are  to  range  the  World.  Whithersoever  we  go,  we 
shall  see  ignorance,  errour,  and  sin,  sown  every  where; 
iind  every  where  producing  misery,  thirty,  sixty,  and 
an  hundred  fold.  This  rank  and  baneful  crop  is  ev- 
ery where  to  be  weeded  out.  Truth  and  righteous- 
ness are  every  where  to  be  sown,  and  to  produce  their 
golden  harvest  of  comfort,  peace,  and  joy. 

But,  my  brethren,  all  this  is  comparatively  of  small 
moment.  The  great  duty  before  us  is  to  rescue  men 
from  sin,  and  peidition.  All  numbers  halt;  all 
comprehensionj  beside  that  which  is  infinite,  sits  down 
in  despair;  when  the  worth  oi  the  soul,  and  the  im- 
port of  its  eternal  happiness  or  eternal  woe,  are  to  be 


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estimated.  Ascend  on  the  wing  of  thought  to  Ihe 
world  of  life.  Station  yourselves  before  the  throne  of 
infinite  Greatness.  Behold  there  an  immortal  mind, 
no  longer  a  rebel  against  its  Maker,  no  longer  an  out- 
cast from  his  kingdom;  but  a  child,  an  heir  of  God; 
a  joint  heir  'i£ith  Jesus  Christ  to  the  heavenly  inher- 
itance: its  sins  washed  away  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb: 
its  conflicts  ended:  its  victory  achieved:  its  crown  of 
glory  won:  and  its  career  of  transport  commenced,  to 
improve  and  brighten  forever.  Weigh  this  mind,  and 
the  blessings  treasured  up  for  its  enjoyment,  with  the 
silver  and  the  gold,  the  pains  and  the  labours,  which 
you,  and  all  others,  may  be  supposed  to  contribute  for 
the  accomplishment  of  its  salvation:  and  you  will  pro- 
nounce them  a\\  nothing,  less  than  nothing,  and  van- 
itij.  Weigh  against  such  a  mind,  the  world,  which  wc 
inhabit.  Weigh  against  it  the  universe,  with  all  its 
worlds,  and  suns,  and  systems:  and  you  will  pronouitce 
them  the  drop  of  the  bucket,  and  the  small  dust  of 
the  balance. 

But,  my  brethren,  you  are  summoned,  not  to  effec- 
tuate the  salvation  of  one  such  mind;  but  of  thou- 
ands,  and  millions.  The  whole  earth  waits,  with  ar- 
dent hope  for  this  manifestation  of  the  sons  of  God; 
this  great  jubilee  of  man;  in  which  crimes  and  suffer- 
ings shall  cease;  in  which  the  bondage  of  corruption 
shall  terminate;  and  in  which/^o/)^  the  uttermost  parts 
of  the  earth  are  to  be  heard  songs  of  exultation  and 
rapture;  even  ''Glory  to  the  rightcousr  The  everlast- 
ing Gosj^l  is  every  where  to  be  preached.  Temples 
are  every  where  to  rise.  Churches  are  every  where  to 
be  gathered:  and  minds  are  every  where  to  be  born 
of  God.  Nay  the  world  is  to  become  one  tem- 
ple, and  the  race  of  man  to  form  one  church,  of  the 
Redeemer.    All  these  millions  are  destined  to  endless 


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life;  and  will  one  day  stretch  their  wings  for  the  vi^ 
gions  of  immortality. 

The  day,  in  which  these  blessings  are  to  be  ushered 
in,  has  arrived.  The  day,  in  which  the  mighty  work 
will  be  seen  in  its  full  completion,  is  at  hand.  We 
must  labour;  that  those,  who  come  after  its,  may  enter 
into  our  labours.  We  must  sow:  and  in  due  time, 
both  we  and  our  successors,  if  we  sow  bountifully, 
shall  reap  a  divine  harvest.  With  every  faithful  en- 
deavour of  ours  the  Spirit  of  Grace  will  co-operate. 
Js  the  earth  bringeth  forth  her  bud;  and  as  the  gar- 
den causeth  the  things,  that  are  sown  in  it,  to  spring 
forth;  so  the  Lord  God  will  speedily  cause  righteous- 
ness and  praise  to  spring  forth  before  all  the  nations. 
Into  the  divine  kingdom  sanctified  minds  will  fly  as 
a  cloud,  and  as  doxxs  to  their  windows. 

Forget,  then,  the  little  period,  which  intervenes  be- 
tween us,  and  this  glorious  day.  Convey  yourselves 
on  the  wings  of  anticipation  to  the  dawn  of  this  great 
SabbaCh  of  time.  Survey  what  the  prophet  beheld 
with  exultation,  at  the  distance  of  three  thousand 
years.  The  way  to  eternal  life  is  no  longer  narrow, 
and  solitary.  It  has  become  a  galaxy;  ascending  from 
the  East,  and  from  the  West,  and  centering  in  mid- 
heaven.  Up  the  broad  and  luminous  path  stars  in 
endless  multitudes  rise  from  both  skirts  of  the  horizon: 
stars,  differing  from  each  other  in  glory;  but  all  des- 
tined to  shine  with  pure  and  eternal  splendour. 

But  your  interest  in  these  things,  my  brethren,  is  not 
to  terminate  even  here.  You  are  not  to  rejoice  merely 
in  beholding  the  renovation,  virtue,  and  happiness,  of 
a  world.  You  are  not  merely  to  follow  in  thought  a 
single  sanctified  spirit,  or  millions  of  such  spirits,  to  the 
realms  of  glory.  The  day  is  on  the  wing  in  whicl^ 
we,  and  they,  shall  hear  the  voice  of  the  Archangel, 


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md  the  trump  of  God,  summoning  all,  u'ho  are  hi 
iJieir  graves  to  come  forth.  WlKit  thoughts  will  it 
then  awake  in  the  soul;  with  what  emotions  will  the 
bosom  heave;  when  the  eye  looks  round  upon  the  di- 
vine assembly  of  perfect  minds,  re  united  to  bodies, 
raised  in  incorruption,  power,  and  glory;  to  be  con- 
scious, that  eyen  one  immortal  being  has  been  rescued 
from  the  second  death,  and  placed  in  the  possession  of 
endless  life.  How  will  the  heart  labour;  how  will  the 
soul  expand  with  vast  conceptions;  when  it  beholds, 
not  one,  but  hundreds,  thousands,  millions,  led  by  tlie 
efforts  of  ourselves,  and  our  contempoiaries,  fiom  the 
east  and  the  west,  from  the  nortli  and  the  south,  to  the 
right  hand  of  the  Judge;  and  acknowledged  before  the 
universe  as  his  friends  and  followers.  And  O,  my 
brethren,  with  what  ecstasy  shall  we  accompany 
them  to  Heaven;  seat  ourselves  by  their  side;  learn 
from  them  the  story  of  their  salvation;  and  hear,  pro- 
nounced by  their  own  lips  with  a  gratitude,  wliich  will 
increase  forever,  ''The  glory  of  this  delightful  world, 
the  blessings  of  this  immortal  life,  we  owe  first  to  God, 
and  next  to  you?"  Unto  H'/m,  that  loved  us.  and 
washed  us  from  our  sins  in  his  own  blood;  and  hath 
made  us  kings,  and  jmiests,  unto  God,  even  his  Father: 
to  him  be  glory,  and  dominion,  forever  and  ever! 
Amen. 


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The  following  gentlemen  now  compose  the  American  Board 
of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions.  The  names  of  mem- 
bers residing  in  the  same  state,  are  arranged  according  to 
seniority. 

IN    fHE    DJStRIcr   OF    AIAlNEy 
GEJf.  HENRY  SEWALL, 
lUv.  JESSE  APPLETON,  D.  D.  President  of  Bowdoin  College. 

JN    NEIV   HAMPSHIRE^ 
Hex.  JOPIN  LANGDON,  Esa.  LL.  D. 
Rev.  SETH  PAYSON,  D.  D. 

IN    VERMONf, 
Rev.  henry  DAVIS,  D.  D.  President  of  MiddleLui-y  College. 

IN    MASSACHUSEffS    PROPER^ 
Rev.  JOSEPH  LYMAN,  D.  D. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  SPRING,  D.  D. 
His  Ho, OR  WILLIAM  PHILLIPS,  Esa. 
WILLIAM  BARTLET,  Esa. 
Hoxv.  JOHN  HOOKER,  Esa. 
Rev.  JEDIDIAH  MORSE,  D.  D. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  WORCESTER,  D.  D. 
JEREMIAH  EVARTS,  Esa. 

IN   RHODE    ISLAND, 
His  ExcELLEifCY  WILLIAM  JONES,  Esa. 

IN    CONNECflCU'r, 

Ge!^.  JEDIDIAH  HUNTINGTON, 

Hojf.  JOHN  TREAD  WELL,  Esa.  LL.  D. 

Rev.  timothy  DWIGHT,  D.D.  LL.D.  President  of  Yale  College; 

Rev.  CALVIN  CHAPIN, 

IN    NEW   rORKy 

Ho>-.  JOHN  JAY,  Esa.  LL.  D. 

Ho.v.  EGBERT  BENSON,  Esa.  LL.  D. 

Rev.  ALEXANDER  PROUDFIT,  D.D. 

Rev.  ELIPHALET  NOTT,  D.D.  President  of  Union  CoUege. 

IN    NEW   JERSETy 
Hox.  ELIAS  BOUDINOT,  Esa.  LL.  D. 

Rev.  ASHBEL  GREEN,  D.D.  President  of  Princeton  College. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  MILLER,  D.D.  Professor  in  the  Theological  Semin- 
ary of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
Rev.  JAMES  RICHARDS. 

IN    PENNSTLVANIAy 
ROBERT  RALSTON,  Esa. 

The  next  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  is  to  be  held  in  New- 
Haven,  at  the  Philosophical  Chamber  in  Yale  College,  on 
Thursday,  the  15th  day  of  September,  1814.  The  Rev.  Samu- 
el Miller,  D.D.  is  appointed  to  preach  the  annual  sermon, 
and  the  Rev.  James  Richakds  is  appointed  his  substitute. 


NEW  BOOKSTORE, 

JVO.  50,  CORJ^'HILL,  BOSTOX. 

Samuel  T.  Armstrong,  informs  his  friends  and  the  publiq, 
that  he  has  opened  a  valuable  assortment  of  Books  at  the  above 
place,  which  -will  be  sold  on  liberal  terms  wholesale  or  retail. 
Every  favor  gratefully  received.  Printing  in  all  its  variety 
executed  at  short  notice.  October  26,  1813. 


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